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Climate-friendly diet yielded unexpectedly strong nutritional outcomes
Social scientists at the Sustainability Week 5-10 May
Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund University and Lund municipality. As usual, researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences participate in several interesting events. Come and listen to your colleagues! The week serves as a platform for bringing together ideas, for cross-disciplinary collaborations, for raising public awareness and for inspiring
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/social-scientists-sustainability-week-5-10-may - 2026-08-27
Urban birds prefer native trees
Small passerine birds, such as blue and great tits, avoid breeding in urban areas where there are many non-native trees. Chicks also weigh less the more non-native trees there are in the vicinity of the nest. This is shown in a long-term study from Lund University, Sweden. City trees contribute to several important ecosystem services such as lowering local temperature and purifying air but are als
https://www.science.lu.se/article/urban-birds-prefer-native-trees - 2026-08-27
Summaries from Ett LU för alla (One LU for everyone) 2025
During two snowy half-days, we organised the conference Ett LU för alla (One LU for everyone) at Stadshallen in Lund. Approximately 110 participants listened to presentations on accessibility and inclusion in teaching and work. The presentations were given by teachers, researchers, students and representatives from the world of work. You can read more about the various presentations in the link be
https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/summaries-ett-lu-for-alla-one-lu-for-everyone-2025 - 2026-08-27
Who are the environmental human rights defenders? New research project at LUCSUS
In mid-January, protesters and police clashed in the village of Lützerath in Germany after the village was occupied for a long time in an attempt to prevent the extension of a large open-pit coal mine that will swallow the village. The occupation is just one example of the increasingly widespread struggle to defend the environment and prevent greenhouse gas emissions, according to LUCSUS researche
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/who-are-environmental-human-rights-defenders-new-research-project-lucsus - 2026-08-27
EU infertility project focuses on men
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Infertility is now a condition as common as diabetes. On the one hand, women are waiting until they are older to have children, which makes it more difficult to get pregnant, but some studies also indicate a drastic decline in sperm counts in men over the past 50 years. Repro Union 2.0 is a Danish-Swedish initiative t
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eu-infertility-project-focuses-men - 2026-08-27
Presenting immobility as a climate adaptation strategy at COP30
Professor Emily Boyd will present immobility as a climate adaptation strategy at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil. “The majority of people want to stay in place. We need to acknowledge and explore that as we adapt societies to climate change.” She explains that she was motivated to start researching the findings she is now presenting at COP30 with international
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/presenting-immobility-climate-adaptation-strategy-cop30 - 2026-08-27
LUCSUS Annual report: Highlights from 2019
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In our Annual Report for 2019 we share highlights in research, education and impact from the previous year. Read about some of the highlights here and download or read the full report online. Word from Director Emily Boyd 2019 was an unusually busy year for LUCSUS. In January we transitioned into the Faculty of Social
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lucsus-annual-report-highlights-2019 - 2026-08-27
Promising results for Lead Biologics’ first-in-class checkpoint inhibitor published in Nature Cancer
Lead Biologics takes a major step towards a new cancer treatment. A new study shows that the company’s drug candidate effectively inhibits a previously unknown immune escape mechanism and eliminates acute myeloid leukemia cells in advanced experimental models. – This confirms the great interest in our novel approach to treating cancer, and is an important step towards first-in-human studies, says
Call for papers: Rethinking Justice in European Faith-Based Refugee Relief
The international and interdisciplinary conference Rethinking Justice in European Faith-Based Refugee Relief will be held in Lund, 4 to 6 September, 2023. The conference is done as a collaboration between the Center for Theology and Religious Studies, the Center for European Studies at Lund University and the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. According to the United Nations High
https://www.cfe.lu.se/en/article/call-papers-rethinking-justice-european-faith-based-refugee-relief - 2026-08-27
Photo Exhibition and Film Screening: The World is Burning 2.0 + Paradise
Project funding for researchers to apply for a doctoral studentship in Environmental Science within the Agenda 2030 graduate school
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC) now announces funding for one doctoral studentship, where the doctoral student is admitted to the PhD programme in Environmental Science at the Faculty of Science, and is enrolled in the Agenda 2030 graduate school. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Science
Large forest fire emissions are hidden underground
Researchers at Lund University and University of Gothenburg have produced the most detailed map of carbon emissions from Swedish forest fires to date. The results show that the largest emissions occur below the ground surface, in peat and organic soils. During the extremely hot summer of 2018, 324 forest fires were reported in Sweden. Using field measurements, models, and data from the Swedish For
https://www.becc.lu.se/article/large-forest-fire-emissions-are-hidden-underground - 2026-08-27
Redefining water scarcity through the integrated water strategic resilience index amid climate and conflict pressures.
New article published in Scientific Reports by CMES researcher Filippo Verre, Ronny Berndtsson and Hossein Hashemi. Read the full article here (External Link)AbstractWater scarcity is a dynamic condition influenced by a variety of factors, including environmental variables but also political, economic, technological, and social variables. This research reflects the intersection of natural resourc
Call for abstracts for an edited volume "Liberal West"
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three scholars from the West Network welcome abstracts for their edited volume called “Liberal West” and Asianists are welcome to approach the topic from the Asian point of view. Deadline for abstracts is May 23 2017. Ever after the idea of “the Western civilization” was conceived, some intellectuals, politicians, and
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-abstracts-edited-volume-liberal-west - 2026-08-27
The Impact of Maternity Ward Closures on Maternal and Neonatal Health
Course start - The World Turned Upside Down
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Welcome to the inauguration of the Anti Apartheid Room at Malmö Art Academy During the spring semester 2017 the course The World Turned Upside Down: art and ethics in the rise of the Stone Age South initiated by professor Sarat Maharaj will take place at Malmö Art Academy.The start-up for the project is a reconstructi
https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/course-start-world-turned-upside-down - 2026-08-27
Welcome, Haein Cho!
Meet our new colleague Haein Cho, Associate Senior Lecturer in AI for Sustainable Transformation. Originally from South Korea, Haein brings an interdisciplinary background spanning environmental policy, corporate sustainability and data science, including artificial intelligence methods. Before joining the IIIEE, she worked across academia, international organizations and industry. At the IIIEE, h
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/welcome-haein-cho - 2026-08-27
Triss i ackrediteringar bekräftar Ekonomihögskolans position bland världens bästa handelshögskolor
Ekonomihögskolan vid Lunds universitet har ackrediterats av The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) och har därmed uppnått det som kallas ”Triple Crown”. Med trippelackrediteringen ansluter Ekonomihögskolan sig till en liten grupp av världens bästa handelshögskolor som genomgått och klarat tre tuffa kvalitetsgranskningar. Ekonomihögskolan är nu en av strax över 100 handel